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Triple Eight runs car number 8888 at Sandown sponsor ride day
Triple Eight ran a car numbered 8888 during a sponsor ride day at Sandown in Australia.
The team put the number on a Mustang it had brought back after driver Will Brown stopped racing it mid-season, alongside its two current race cars.
Twenty-nine Supercars took to the track as teams gave sponsors and other guests hot laps after the race meeting.
Five drivers shared Triple Eight’s cars, including Brown, Broc Feeney and team boss Jamie Whincup.
The four-digit number was a first for the team, according to team manager Mark Dutton.
Supercars also used the day to continue testing brake-pad options for the category ahead of next year; the testing began at Queensland Raceway last month.
Triple Eight ran car number #8888 during a sponsor ride day at Sandown.
The team said it was the first time it had used #8888 in any setting.
A total of 29 Supercars were on track for sponsor and guest hot-lap experiences.
Triple Eight fielded three cars, including a Mustang Will Brown had driven earlier in the season.
Supercars also used the day to evaluate brake-pad options for next year.
- Who
- Triple Eight and other Supercars teams took part.
- What
- Teams ran cars for sponsor and guest hot-lap experiences. Triple Eight used the number #8888.
- When
- Monday, following the race meeting.
- Where
- Sandown.
- Why
- Teams gave sponsors and special guests hot-lap experiences. Supercars continued evaluating brake-pad options for next year.
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Supercars began evaluating brake-pad options at Queensland Raceway.
Teams took part in a sponsor ride day at Sandown, with 29 Supercars on track.
Triple Eight ran car number #8888 during the ride day.
- Triple Eight number
- #8888
- Venue
- Sandown
- Cars on track
- 29 Supercars
- Triple Eight drivers
- Broc Feeney, Will Brown, Nick Percat, Scott Pye and Jamie Whincup
- Brake-pad evaluation
- Options for next year’s category use
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it was the first time the team has run #8888 in any setting